NCERT Solutions for Class 2 English Unit 3 - A Smile

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Question 1: Learn New Words
A) Wrinkles
B) Secret
C) Hiding place
Answer:
A) Wrinkles:straight lines on the skin of the face Example sentences:
1) My grandmother has wrinkles on her face.
2) You should take care of your face or it will get wrinkles.

B) Secret: private Example sentences:
1) I have a secret to share with you about my result.
2) A mother can keep all of her child’s secrets.

C) Hiding place: a place where no one can find you Example sentences:
1) I took the butter from its hiding place in the kitchen.
2) Garden is the best hiding place for me when we play hide and seek.

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Question 1: My grandmother has many wrinkles on her face.
Shall I tell you a secret?
Disclaimer: Kindly refer the textbook for the images.
Answer: My grandmother has many wrinkles on her face.
Shall I tell you a secret?

Question 2:

• Why is a smile a funny thing?
• What happens when you smile at someone?

Answer:
Disclaimer: These are sample answers. Students are advised to write the answers based on their own experience and observation.

• Smile is a funny thing as it can make other people happy when they are sad.
• When we smile at someone, they get happy and forget their worries.

Question 3: I asked my mother for twenty rupees. to see the lion jump the trees. He jumped so high, he touched the moon, and never came back till the end of June.
Can you tell a joke and make everyone laugh? Say it first in your language and then in English.
Answer: I asked my mother for twenty rupees. to see the lion jump the trees. He jumped so high, he touched the moon, and never came back till the end of June.
Yes, I can tell a joke and make everyone laugh.
A Russian, visiting India, went for an eye check up.
The Doctor shows the letters on the board:
CZWXNQSTAZKY
Doctor: Can you read this ?
Russian: Read ??? I even know the guy…, he’s my cousin.

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Question 1:
• When we read ‘w’ in column 3 it has no sound.
• Look at the word ‘talk’. Here ‘l’ is silent. Now say the silent letter in the following words aloud –
walk  more wrap joke
• All the following words have an ‘i’ sound that rhymes with ‘my’. Can you fill in the letter and then say the words aloud? sm_le, k_te, m_ce, l_ne
Answer:
• Walk  more  wrap  joke
• Smile, kite, mice, line
Disclaimer: Students are advised to practice this on their won.

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Question 1: Play this game with your partner. Close your eyes. Move your finger over the page while you sing – TIC  TA TOE,  ROUND  I  GO,  IF  I  MISS,  I’LL  TAKE  THIS.
When you finish reciting the poem, stop moving your finger. Open your eyes, see which letter you stop at. Use the clues to write the word beginning with the letter that you find.
Disclaimer: Kindly refer the textbook for the images.
Answer:

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Question 1:
• Form a Clay Club in groups. Give your club a name.
– Take a wet slab of clay.
– Use a matchstick to write the name of your club and all the club members on it.
– Let the slabs dry.
– Display your slabs in the classroom.
• Try making different things with clay like bird, sun, flower, etc.
Answer:
Disclaimer: This is a creative and fun activity meant to be done with your friends in group. You can make different things with clay like bird, sun, flower, tree, pen, book, etc.

Question 2:
• Have fun with clay – Take a clay ball.
– Use a rolling pin and roll the clay out flat.
– Make a clay pancake (round like a roti or idli).
– With the help of a matchstick, draw a circle or use a bowl to cut a circle out of the rolled clay.
– Use the extra clay to make eyes, nose, ears and a ‘smiley’ or a sad face.
– Also try making hair.
• What else can you do to make the face colourful?
Answer:
Disclaimer: This is a creative activity meant to be done with your friends. This will help develop your imaginative skills.
Disclaimer: This is a sample answer. Students are advised to write the answer based on their on experience and observation.
You can make the face colourful by filling its eyes with two black peas. You can colour the eyes and nose of the face with natural skin colour using wall colours.

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Question 1: Let's read and write
Answer:
Instructions: Join the dotted lines to form the given words.